None of us is born thinking we are ordinary. Feeling special is an essential part of the human
birthright. If you don’t think you are special, you won’t seek
to contribute your gift to the world. -Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back
to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the
pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller,
thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!

~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

Good morning Everyone!

I hope you are all
having a fabulous weekend. I have a bit of a long weekend with Memorial Day on
Monday and a vacation day thrown in for good measure. Plan on playing in my
craft room. Something I haven't really been able to do for a bit.

I started the weekend
off playing in a 72 Flash Challenge with Gerda Steiner Designs. Today I am
playing along in the Progressive Freebie Challenge at The Outlawz.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Late
again getting this post up and running but to be honest, here in Arizona, the
weather has been amazing! Knowing that the lion of summer is going to come in
with a roar, best to enjoy this while we can, so needless to say, we have not
been home!

Anyway
- today starts a new Clean and Simple challenge at The Outlawz and this week's
challenge is create a CAS card or project that features an animal print...ribbon, stamps, paper, embellishments,
embossed backgrounds...dig in your stash and GO WILD!!

Saturday, May 9, 2015

No
language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a
mother’s
love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and
over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity
like a star. ~Edwin Hubbell Chapin

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU LOVELY MOM'S OUT
THERE IN BLOG LAND!

MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH THE LOVE AND
LAUGHTER OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Today is the start of another CAS Challenges The
Outlawz and we are honoring all the Mothers, soon to be Mothers and the Adopted
Mothers out there!

My Mother raised 3 children by herself during a
time when being divorced still carried the taint of scandal. Child support was
questionable at best and because women were not paid a decent wage, she often
worked 2 - 3 jobs to make ends meet.

When I look back on my childhood through the eyes
of a "responsible adult" what I see is that we had a loving parent
who spent a good deal of time doing whatever it took to make sure we were taken
care of at the expense of herself. While we did not have all the things we thought
we wanted, we always had the things we needed, including her unconditional
Love.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

The May-June 2015
edition of Through the Craft Room Door magazine is now available in the
Subscribers Only area for your viewing pleasure.

New this time is the
addition of 3 awesome videos which include an fantastic product focus for the
MISTI (r) stamping system!

We have three (3)
awesome images from our featured digi artist Olga of Little Blue Button for you
to download and play with.

We have quite a few amazing tutorials that include a
lovely kids craft (just in time for Mothers Day!) and one up-cycling an old
pallet into a fantastic flag to name a few.

We also have several
articles and more product reviews we hope you fine interesting as well as
numerous inspiration for cards in general, country recognition ... and don't
forget all those graduations right around the corner.

The new challenge is a
Sketch Challenge that I hope gets everyone up at their craft tables so they can
join us!

So grab your favorite beverage,
kick back and relax!

If you do not currently
subscribe to the magazine you will need to go to the top of the page on the
website and click on the Subscription/Renewals tab or click HERE.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of
beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

Good morning

I am late getting this posted.

Been a very busy weekend and my week does not look much better

Another Clean and Simple Challenge as started at The Outlawz and it's Cheri's turn to post ...

May Day is celebrated here
in New England in this traditional way:May Baskets are made. These are small baskets
usually filled with flowers or treats and left at someone's doorstep. The giver
rings the bell and runs away. The person receiving the basket tries to catch
the fleeing giver; if caught, a kiss is exchanged. The
challenge this week is to include a basket of flowers on your card, then give
the card to someone you think is special. If you get a kiss...that's a
bonus!

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